At Wirl Records Lee Perry SKU: KSLP044 Barcode: 5060135761288 11.00 £11.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Kingston Sounds Released Date: 20th May 2013 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Lee Perry’s time at WIRL Records, later to be renamed Dynamic Sounds Studios, was a very productive time in his career. A run of great singles and the shaping of a new sound, the beginning of what we know today as Reggae. Lee Perry (b. Rainford Hugh Perry, 28 March 1936, Hanover,Jamaica) began his entry into the music business at the age of 16.Moving up to Kingston Town and working around various Sound Systems, before finding employment at Coxonne Dodd’s Studio One set up, in the late 50’s early 1960’s. Perry started out as a record scout, organising sessions and supervising auditions at Dodd’s record shop on Orange Street. Helping to make hits for Delroy Wilson ( ‘Joe Liges’,‘Spit In The Sky’) and the Maytals, which would lead to his own vocal records released through Studio One.The musical backing for which, came from legendary Studio One house band The Skatalites. Another important relationship for Perry, his first recordings with Bob Marley came in the form of the Wailers, also providing backing, alongside the Soulettes who featured Rita Marley. Cutting such tunes as ‘Chicken Scratch’ around 1965/1966. This tune was also to provide him with one of his future nicknames ‘Scratch’. A dispute over credits and money saw Perry leave Studio One and work with various producers including Clancy Eccles and J. J. Johnson, before arriving at the door of producer Joe Gibbs in 1967. Here he would write songs and produce hits for artists such as, Errol Dunkley and the Pioneers. A tune cut during his time with Gibbs, voiced a snipe at fellow employee Dodd, a trademark that would become an outlet for his frustrations in the business.This particular tune ‘The Upsetter’ would also provide another moniker and a name for his label ‘Upsetter’. Again lack of musical credit and financial reward saw Perry move on this time to WIRL (West Indies Records Limited) Records, working alongside manager Clifford Rae, who would provide studio time and pay for pressings in return for helping to promote and distribute WIRL product, which Perry would carry out on his trusted Honda 50 motorcycle around Kingston town. This period at WIRL saw some inspired work from Perry. ‘Run For Cover’ was another musical blow to a previous employer, Coxonne Dodd and featured the Sensations on backing vocals and Lynn Taitt’s guitar picking skills. ‘People Funny Boy’ was a massive hit for Perry going on to sell over 60,000 copies. Joe Gibbs would be at the end of this musical attack. Perry had felt Joe Gibbs had turned his back on him, after he had provided hits for groups like, The Pioneers amongst others. The song would be one of the first records to feature a New Beat (Reggae) inspired by the sounds coming out of a Pocomania Church, Perry had heard one night.The congregation inside, wailed in a more slower way than the current musical style of the time Ska!. Perry worked up this new style with Clancy Eccles, who would come under attack himself in ‘You Crummy’. Their closeness, which as detailed in that song would find them, ‘Even shared the same Gal’ but ‘Now it’s plain to see we reached the end’. ‘Set Them Free’ was an answer record to Prince Buster’s ‘Judge Dread’ (which had featured Perry on it) a plea to the Judges in Jamaica that handed out extremely harsh sentences to the young offenders of the time. The track was cut on the same rhythm as ‘Run For Cover’ . ‘Django Shoots First’ inspired by the Spaghetti Western film of the same name, features Sir Lord Comic. One of the early DJ’s who used a jive talking style over rhythms. ‘Night Doctor’ was a hit instrumental that featured the organ talents of Ansel Collins, that really push the tune along. ‘Something You Got’ was a cover of an USA R& B track by Chris Kenner and ‘Wind Up Girl’ was cut at the same session. ‘Water Pump’ was a rude style track that was cut later and originally released in 1974.As was ‘People Sokup Boy’ a later version of ‘People Funny Boy’. ‘Labrish’ which means idol talk and gossip, was one of the first great talk over tunes that features Lee Perry and producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee talking about the Political situation in Jamaica at the time and their own financial situation and stories of various comrades.The track was originally released in 1973. Bunny Lee would play a major part in lee Perry’s career around this time and they were very close, often sharing sessions and rhythms. Ironically it would be Bunny Lee that took over Perry’s roll at WIRL and become responsible for the labels products in years to come. Clifford Rae who give control to Bunny for a lot of the WIRL product and even gave him his shop 101 Orange Street. So here we have a collection of music born out of a time spent at WIRL Records and providing an important chapter in Lee Perry’s career and indeed to the story of Reggae itself. Artist Lee Perry Genre Reggae / Dub / Ska Label Kingston Sounds Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Labrish 2 Run For Cover 3 You Crummy 4 People Funny Boy 5 Justice To The People 6 Django Shoots First 7 Night Doctor 8 People Sokup Boy 9 Set Them Free 10 Clint Eastwood Rides Again 11 Water Pump 12 Something You Got 13 Wind Up Doll 14 Iron Claw Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Lee Perry and more from Reggae / Dub / Ska View Product Quick View Lee Perry Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Reggae / Dub / Ska | VP/Greensleeves | 1LP Released 2nd February 2024 £17.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Lee Perry Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn £17.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: VP/Greensleeves SKU: VPRL1000 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd February 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Desmond Dekker Live at Basins Nightclub 1987 Reggae / Dub / Ska | Burning Sounds | 1LP Released 26th April 2024 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Desmond Dekker Live at Basins Nightclub 1987 £22.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Burning Sounds SKU: BSRLP836 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lee Scratch Perry Revelation Reggae / Dub / Ska | Wienerworld | 1LP Released 25th August 2014 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee Scratch Perry Revelation £16.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Wienerworld SKU: MEGW0341 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th August 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Culture More Culture Reggae / Dub / Ska | VP | 1LP Released 4th February 2011 £9.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Culture More Culture £9.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: VP SKU: VPRL4180 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th February 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roland Alphonso Humpty Dumpty: Singles Collection 1960-62 Reggae / Dub / Ska | Dynamite | 180g, 1LP Released 20th November 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roland Alphonso Humpty Dumpty: Singles Collection 1960-62 £17.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Dynamite SKU: DNM14007 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dennis Brown Tribulation Times Reggae / Dub / Ska | Kingston Sounds | 1LP Released 19th August 2022 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dennis Brown Tribulation Times £15.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Kingston Sounds SKU: KSLP025 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Operation Ivy Energy Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP Released 12th May 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Operation Ivy Energy £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 868931 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Here Comes The Duke Reggae / Dub / Ska | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th March 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Here Comes The Duke £19.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2339 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Marley & The Wailers Rastaman Vibration Reggae / Dub / Ska | Island | 180g, 1LP Released 25th September 2015 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Marley & The Wailers Rastaman Vibration £18.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Island SKU: 4727620 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Winston Edwards & Blackbeard At 10 Downing Street Reggae / Dub / Ska | VP Records | 1LP Released 2nd March 2015 £9.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Winston Edwards & Blackbeard At 10 Downing Street £9.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: VP Records SKU: 0054645522618 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Dance Craze [Deluxe Edition] Reggae / Dub / Ska | Chrysalis | 3LP, Box Set Released 24th March 2023 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Dance Craze [Deluxe Edition] £42.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Chrysalis SKU: CHRTTF5004 Formats: 3LP, Box Set Released Date: 24th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Reggae / Dub / Ska Start again
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